Biography for CAMPBELL, GraemeMember for Kalgoorlie (WA) 1980-98
Independent (formerly Australian Labor Party from 18.10.80 to 4.12.95)
Parliamentary Service
Elected to the House of Representatives for Kalgoorlie, Western Australia, 1980, 1983, 1984, 1987, 1990, 1993 and 1996. Defeated at general elections 1998.
Committee Service
House of Representatives Standing: Aboriginal Affairs from 4.12.80 to 26.10.89; Privileges from 11.5.83 to 19.2.90; Library from 27.11.89 to 19.2.90; Industry, Science and Technology from 16.5.90 to 8.2.93; Transport, Communications and Infrastructure from 16.5.90 to 29.1.96; Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Affairs from 29.5.96.
House of Representatives Select: Aboriginal Education from 22.3.85 to 26.11.85.
Joint Statutory: Australian Security Intelligence Organization from 26.5.93 to 29.1.96.
Joint: Foreign Affairs and Defence from 28.2.85 to 5.6.87; Foreign Affairs, Defence and Trade from 20.10.87 to 19.2.90 and from 26.5.93 to 29.1.96.
Conferences, Delegations and Visits
Delegate, 30th South Pacific Conference, Noumea, October 1990.
Leader, Parliamentary Delegation to Russia and Ukraine, March-April 1995.
Personal
Born 13.8.39 at Abingdon, UK; educated South Australia.
Married.
Qualifications and Occupation before entering Federal Parliament
Pastoralist, mining industry and wholesale distributor.
Electorate
Description: Rural.
Location: The greater part of Western Australia apart from south-west corner; it includes the centres of Broome, Boulder, Carnarvon, Coolgardie, Dampier, Derby, Esperance, Exmouth, Kalgoorlie, Karratha, Kununurra, Norseman, Port Hedland and Wyndham.
Area: 2 265 050 sq km (approx.) - this constitutes the largest electorate in Australia.
Electors enrolled: 70 697 (at 5.2.96).
Industries: Mining, cattle, sheep, fishing, tropical fruits, vegetables.
State electorates: Kalgoorlie includes the Western Australian Legislative Assembly electorates of Burrup, Eyre, Kalgoorlie, Kimberley, Ningaloo and Pilbara, and parts of Merredin and Roe.